1 Da svarte Job Herren,

Then Job answered Yahweh,

2 "Jeg vet at du kan gjøre alt, og at ingen plan er umulig for deg.

"I know that you can do all things, And that no purpose of yours can be restrained.

3 Du spurte, 'Hvem er denne som skjuler råd uten kunnskap?' Derfor har jeg talt om ting jeg ikke forstod, ting for underfulle for meg, som jeg ikke kjente til.

You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I didn't know.

4 Du sa, 'Lytt nå, så vil jeg tale; jeg vil spørre deg, og du skal svare meg.'

You said, 'Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.'

5 Jeg hadde hørt om deg med øret, men nå har mitt øye sett deg.

I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees you.

6 Derfor forakter jeg meg selv og angrer i støv og aske."

Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes."

7 Da Herren hadde talt disse ordene til Job, sa Herren til Elifas fra Teman: "Min vrede er tent mot deg og dine to venner, for dere har ikke talt rett om meg, som min tjener Job har.

It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.

8 Gå derfor og ta med dere sju okser og sju værer, og gå til min tjener Job og bær fram et brennoffer for dere. Min tjener Job skal be for dere, for jeg vil akseptere ham, så jeg ikke behandler dere etter deres dårskap. For dere har ikke talt rett om meg, som min tjener Job har."

Now therefore, take to yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept him, that I not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has."

9 Så gikk Elifas fra Teman, Bildad fra Sjuah og Sofar fra Naama og gjorde som Herren befalte dem, og Herren tok imot Job.

So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did what Yahweh commanded them, and Yahweh accepted Job.

10 Herren vendte Jobs fangenskap da han ba for sine venner, og Herren ga Job dobbelt så mye som han hadde før.

Yahweh turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before.

11 Da kom alle hans brødre og søstre og alle som hadde kjent ham før, til ham, og de spiste brød med ham i hans hus. De trøstet ham og sørget med ham over alt det onde som Herren hadde ført over ham. Hver av dem ga ham et stykke penger og en gullring.

Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money,{Literally, kesitah, a unit of money, probably silver} and everyone a ring of gold.

12 Herren velsignet deretter Jobs siste dager mer enn hans første. Han hadde fjorten tusen sauer, seks tusen kameler, tusen par okser og tusen eselhopper.

So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.

13 Han hadde også sju sønner og tre døtre.

He had also seven sons and three daughters.

14 Han kalte den første Jemima, den andre Kesja og den tredje Kerenhappuk.

He called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren Happuch.

15 I hele landet fantes det ikke kvinner så vakre som Jobs døtre. Deres far ga dem arv blant deres brødre.

In all the land were no women found so beautiful as the daughters of Job. Their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.

16 Etter dette levde Job i hundre og førti år og så sine barn og barnebarn til fjerde generasjon.

After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, to four generations.

17 Så døde Job, gammel og mett av dager.

So Job died, being old and full of days.